Greensboro HIVE

The Greensboro HIVE community space has one office space available immediately to progressive organizations/groups whose work corresponds to our Vision Statement.

The HIVE is a collectively run community space in Greensboro’s historic Glenwood neighborhood committed to community empowerment, grassroots organizing, and democratic development. We officially opened our doors on October 1, 2007 and since then have hosted a wide variety of programs and events. The space also contains several offices. Our long-term partners in these spaces include:

• The Fund for Democratic Communities, a non-profit foundation supporting community-based initiatives and institutions working to make communities better places to live through authentic democracy. (http://f4dc.org)
• Sustainable Health Choices, a health counseling and massage therapy practice focused on serving communities that do not traditionally have access to alternative health therapies. (http://gsohive.org/partners/sustainablehealth)
• Farm Labor Organizing Committee, which empowers workers through collective bargaining and gains in worker health and safety. (http://floc.com)
• Food Not Bombs, whose Greensboro chapter has been feeding the community for many years, has built a new kitchen where they will be cooking.
• North Carolina Occupational Safety & Health provides referrals for injured workers, publishes factsheets in English and Spanish for workers about legal rights and job hazards, and conducts trainings for employees and employers about many occupational health and safety topics.
• The Bike Me! Collective operates from a shed in the back parking lot where they have open bike workshops every Sunday.

Application Process
The HIVE Organizing Committee makes decisions through consensus. Once an application is received, it will be discussed at the following HOC weekly meeting and possible questions or concerns will be collected. Members of the HOC will then be asked to meet with the applicants to have a face-to-face meeting, discuss those questions and concerns, the role of the applicant in the HIVE, and the commitments the HIVE makes to the partner organizations. After that a decision will be made and the applicant notified.

If this community of social action sounds like its the right place for your group, please fill out the Partner Application (.pdf) and return it, either electronically or by mail (addresses are in the packet), to the Greensboro HIVE Organizing Committee.